Lamp-bracket.



R. P. SMlDLEY,

LAMP BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1915.

. 1,166,914. Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

Snow 1 T01 H.25midfe ROY P. SMIDLEY, OF FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO.

LAMP-BRACKET.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, Roy P. SMIDLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the county of Fayette, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lanna-Brackets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in lamp holders and particularly to lamp hold- 1 crs for attachment to buggy tops.

'parcnt from the following The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple and novel device for supporting a lamp on the front of a buggy top so that when the top is moved down toward folded position the lamp will at all times remain in a horizontal position so as to prevent the spilling of oil from the font of the lamp.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is of simple and cheap construction and which can be readily applied to any of the ordinary buggy tops now in use, without modifications thereto.

Another object is to provide a lamp support for a buggy top which will permit the lamp to throw itslight on the road, without interference by the shadow of the horse.

A still. further object is to provide a de vice of this character which will protect the lamp from the splashing of mud by the horse or the wheels of the vehicle.v

Other objects and advantages will be apdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a buggy and the top, the top being in completelv raised position, Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the top partly folded with the lamp still remaining in horizontal position, Fig. 3 is a similar View, completely folded, Fig. 4: is an enlarged top plan view of the lamp supporting means, Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 1, Fig. 6 is a perspective view of modified form of lamp bracket.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents a buggy top and 11 one side of the seat thereof. Mounted on Specification of LettersPatent. Application filed May 26, 1915.

Patented Dec.28,1915

Serial No. 30,627.

the side of the seat is a bracket 12 to which is pivotally connected an upwardly extending tubular member 13. Mounted on the bolt let to which the forward end of the bow section 15 is connected, is a centrally pivoted arm 16, the forward end of which is pro-- vided with a reduced threaded portion 17 011 which the removable lamp bracket 18 is secured. Pivotally connected to the rear end of the arm 16 is a rod 19, the lower end of which is slidably disposed in the tubular member 13. The tubular member carries a set screw 20 which engages with the rod 19. Thus the rod and tubular member can be adjusted to it tops of different heights.

It will be seen that when the buggy top is swung toward closed position, the rod 19 will cause the arm 16 to rock on its pivot and retain said arm in a horizontal position. Thus, the lamp is prevented from tilting when the top is folded or partly folded, and the danger of the oil spilling from the lamp obviated.

' By mounting the lamp on the upper part of the top the rays of light therefrom will be cast on the road ahead of the horse there by preventing the casting of a shadow on one side of the road as is the case with a side lamp. Furthermore, the lamp is out of the way of splashing mud from the horses feet, and from the buggy wheels.

It will be noted that the bracket 18 has a cylindrical stem for engagement with a tubular socket of a lamp. This is of common construction. Some lamps have elongated or flat hollow portions which require flat stems on the brackets. To adapt the bracket for such a lamp, I provide the member 21 shown in Fig. 6 of the drawing.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a buggy and top, of a lamp supporting device comprising an arm centrally pivoted on one side of the top and supporting a lamp on one end, a bracket mounted on the side of the seat of the buggy, a tubular member pivotally mounted on the bracket, and a rod pivotally connected at one end to the remaining end of the said arm and having its other end slidably adjustable in the tubular member.

2. The combination with a buggy and In testimony whereof, I afiix my signafolding top therefor, of a pivoted lamp ture, in the presence of tWo Witnesses. bracket carried by the biwgy top and means 7 connected to the bracket and th the body ROY SMIDLER' 5 of the buggy for maintaining the bracket Witnesses:

in a horizontal position when the top is A. ELLISON, in elther open or closed positlon. I. A. COSGROVE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

